From 8dd6b0bcd2609223baafe1fd967dc9ac8e515fb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 20:39:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] clone.2: Minor tweaks after feedback from Christian Brauner Reported-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/clone.2 | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index db1ab586a..3c8f5971a 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -65,15 +65,12 @@ There is not yet a glibc wrapper for see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION These system calls -create a new process, in a manner similar to +create a new ("child") process, in a manner similar to .BR fork (2). .PP -Unlike +By contrast with .BR fork (2), -these system calls allow the child to be created with -various properties that differ from the parent. -For example, these system calls -provide more precise control over what pieces of execution +these system cals provide more precise control over what pieces of execution context are shared between the calling process and the child process. For example, using these system calls, the caller can control whether or not the two processes share the virtual address space,